Lip Man 1

Actually Taylor I'm very happy. My wife and I paid off our house in June, in February I was elected to the Idaho State Athletic Hall of Fame given the Lifetime Achievement Award, I've had a long and rewarding career in the sports media particularly in TV and radio and my wife has a very good position at Virginia Transformer here in town. But please feel free to think what you will. ?

He's not selling so we have to make the best of the situation, bide our time and hope for new ownership.

For what it's worth again on the post game show Ozzie said he does not want to manage.

I agree but would Getz be willing to admit so early in his tenure that he and his staff made a number of major miscalculations? Which also cost JR more wasted money? I can't see that right now. His ego may not be as big as JR's, Williams and Hahn's was but he's got one and to make radical changes now, regardless of how bad it is getting admits a major screw up. That's hard for people to admit to themselves that they blew it.

DVS has a story out now where he spoke with Crochet who said it's time for the Sox to start getting angry. Don't know if that will do any good or what may be going on in the clubhouse that caused Crochet to say that. (The assumption is that maybe things are to laid-back right now causing him to say that.) You also wonder if Grifol has already lost the clubhouse.

Jeff Torborg called me yesterday afternoon and we talked for about an hour. One of the things he was wondering was why would the Sox want to emulate the Royals and bring in all of their people since they aren't a good organization. I told him I have no idea, it doesn't make any sense. You want to copy someone? Copy the Yankees, Braves, Cardinals, Tampa, Dodgers...organizations that know how to win. Hire those front office staffs, scouts, medical, training staffs et al.

It will be interesting if Getz talks with the media on the next homestand.

DVS's post game autopsy. Includes more Pearls of Wisdom from Grifol: https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2024/04/07/just-when-going-gets-tough-it-gets-even-tougher-for-white-sox-lineup

1-10 RISP 3 errors Not that it really matters but this is the second game where the Sox had a lead in the 7th inning or later and lost. Don't stop now boys!

According to Garfien his sources are telling him Nightengale's comment about interest in Pham is "inaccurate."

“We’re going through a really bad stretch right now offensively,” Grifol said. “But that’s not who these guys are. They’re proven major-league hitters.” ?????

Very true.

DVS quoted Robert as saying the injury is to the same muscle but in a different area. I don't know if that makes any difference.

History shows if the club isn't winning they aren't going to draw regardless of where a stadium is located. I completely understand that mentality myself, that's the object of the game to win. "Winning" to me doesn't mean getting to the World Series every year but putting together competitive stretches over time with good players and giving yourself a reasonable chance. It seems other teams including teams that don't have the inherent advantages the Sox have in Chicago (one example is Tampa Bay) have been able to do this but that somehow escapes this organization. As Kenny once said, "It is what it is..."

So is this franchise from top to bottom.

In 2006 the Sox drew a franchise record 2,957,414 fans. Winning solves a lot of problems including attendance. Something JR has never understood.

I think one time was when he crashed into the wall trying to make a catch.

This ads more weight to trying to get Robert back healthy and then trade him for what you can get. Sox will be a disaster for the next few years and even if he stays healthy they won't extend him. The only thing that could change that scenario is if new ownership is in place in the next year or two.

You'll have to wait until ownership changes.

“We are going to go out there and compete our asses off and play baseball the right way and see what happens.”--Pedro Grifol. ?????

There was some type of family issue that caused him to miss a month. Some posters have talked about it in detail at this site at times.

I completely agree about the medical, training and conditioning staffs for reasons I've stated the past few years.

From DVS post game story tonight at the Sun-Times: Robert injured his right hip flexor, pulling up after rounding first base. In 2021, he suffered a Grade 3 strain (complete tear) of the same hip flexor. Robert walked off slowly under his own power. Manager Pedro Grifol said Robert would be re-evaluated Saturday. "He’s hard to replace," Grifol said. "You don’t replace a guy like him, but at the same time, next man up. We have to go out and continue to fight and do the things we need to do." It was a cruel blow to to a team that has lost six of its first seven games for the fourth time in franchise history and for the first time since 1995. In the most winnable division in baseball, the Sox are 0-5. "The worst thing we can do and this is not going to happen is feel sorry for ourselves," Grifol said. "We are not going to do that. "I'm proud of our guys, man. There's a lot of energy. These guys want to win every single day. They play to win. They care. They care for each other." It will take more than that to win games, however. One hundred and fifty-five to go." Just my opinion but if this organization was a horse it would have been shot years ago.

Unless there is something else going on behind the scenes as has been rumored I have to agree with you.

And don't forget they also lost Brebbia to the same injury he had a week into spring training. The baseball gods have made it clear until new ownership arrives they are going to keep dumping on this organization in anyway that they can.